Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.
We are a software company that powers and operates on-demand transit services, as well as integrated transit services that bring innovation and dynamism to whole networks. Using the experience from over 10 years of running such systems, we are also offering consulting services to local and regional government and public transit agencies.
As a Strategic Consulting Director, you’ll be on the cutting-edge of the mobility revolution, combining your exceptional analytical skills with Via’s sophisticated transit planning and simulation technology, helping to design and optimize integrated transit systems and the services that Via powers. As team lead for the European Commercial Strategy team, you will be building and leading our consulting business in Europe, as well as taking part in developing and implementing our European market approach. Day-to-day, you’ll collaborate closely with our city and transit agency partners to deliver forward-thinking integrated transit plans for new mobility networks combining fixed-route and on-demand modes, and deep-diving studies to design and optimize mobility services around the world. Finally, you will also serve as a leader in Via’s Berlin office, helping to guide decision-making and providing key support to our Commercial and Operations teams.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Joining a global employer with over 700 mobility deployments in 40+ countries
• Becoming part of a company that was awarded for its commitment to social good
• Competitive compensation including stock options
• A hybrid work and a lovely office situated in the heart of Berlin, in Mitte
• Weekly team lunch and breakfast
• Urban Sports Club membership
• 30 vacation days a year
  We’re Via, and we build technology that changes the way the world moves. We’re driven by a simple mission: to create modern and efficient public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. With our best in class suite of products, we make transit thrive.
  Our teams of world-class engineers, data-scientists, product managers, operations specialists, marketers, transit experts and more bring cutting-edge AI-powered software and innovative technology-enabled operations to our partners across the globe. Founded in 2012, Via builds solutions to digitize, automate, and enable data-driven decision making for entire transportation networks; fixed-route buses, microtransit, paratransit, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and more.
  If you’re excited to be at the forefront of modernizing the future of transportation, are up for solving tough problems, and willing to become/already are a transit nerd, we are the place for you. Even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
  Ready to join the ride?
  Via is an equal opportunity employer.
  

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• Manage complicated, multimodal transportation analysis to help communities study and design forward-looking, intermodal transportation and transit systems.
• Solve complex transportation problems by identifying where and how on-demand transit can improve a multimodal network by providing a first/last mile service for a bus or rail line, optimizing coverage in areas with under-performing fixed-route service, or upgrading paratransit/dial-a-ride.
• Bring analytical rigor and planning expertise to Via’s business development process by designing customized mobility services - public transit, paratransit and others - for potential partners (from major transit agencies to small cities) based on their geographies, land-use patterns, policy objectives, and budgets.
• Continuously optimize Via’s partners’ service by providing detailed and action-oriented advice about quality of service, productivity, and fixed-route transit integration opportunities; you will help ensure the success of Via’s global deployments.
• Carry out business development activities to support the growth of Via’s consulting and planning business.
• Identify new product requirements that would allow Via to better meet the requirements of cities and transit agencies. Work with the Via and Remix technology team to develop, test, and market the new products to our partners.
• Manage a small team of Berlin-based transit strategists and planners.
• Collaborate with Via’s global strategy team to develop, refine, and implement best practices around the world.